RE: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?
I have used Slackware in the past and I will NEVER use it again. It was
just so damn unreliable (windows spent more uptime than the slackware
system), and it became difficult to maintain... as for upgrading... to your
newbies... all I can say is "I wish you the best of luck.... you will need
it", although they will benefit from the experience.
It really all depends on how much time they have for maintenance and
'tweaking' the system. The decision to go Debian here was purely a
commercial one which related to downtime. With slackware it was approachine
5% in the end. Debian... zero. Sure Slackware may have the latest and
greatest, but for reliability and stability, I will chose Debian every time.
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilles Pelletier [mailto:gipe@videotron.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:47 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?
>
>
> We're a small group mulling over the respective merits of Debian and
> Slackware for a newbie. Of course, since apt-get takes care
> of installing
> dependencies and upgrading the whole installed software, we
> were leaning
> towards Debian. The newbie, even though his concerns for security are
> limited, wouldn't have to care too much about it.
>
> Only a "tiny" problem remains. Potato is not up to date and
> it's apparently
> difficult to upgrade software unless you get patches at
> specialised places
> ( http://kde.tdyc.com for the KDE 2.x serie, for instance. )
> You then must
> hope the patch is well done.
>
> We though about installing Woody, but, as you people know, the boot
> disquettes don't boot yet. Potato must first be installed and
> an upgrade
> made to Woody. Newbies might not appreciate...
> As for Woody, once again, it's going to be out... when it's
> ready, which
> might as well mean in June 2002, one year after Slack was out.
>
> How the hell is Volkerding and his small pack managing to put
> out Slack 8
> with XFree86 4.1.0, kernel 2.4.5, KDE 2.1.2, GNOME 1.4, glibc 2.2.3,
> Mozilla, Galeon, Nautilus, ProFTPD, OpenSSH, OpenSSL,
> mod_ssl, mod_php...
> and all the usual utilities, hardly 3 months after Mandrake rushed out
> their broken down distro? Has anybody heard that Slackware
> isn't safe : ) ?
>
> Is apt-get really worth this huge delay? We do plan to teach
> the newbie
> some fundamentals.
>
> BTW, in case you wouldn't know, even newbies like to be
> cutting edge...
> even more so than oldies I'd say : )
>
> GP
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